英汉词典

fly 基本解释

• vi. 飞；驾驶飞机；飘扬
• vt. 飞行；飞越；使飘扬
• n. 飞行；苍蝇；两翼昆虫
• adj. 敏捷的
• n. (Fly)人名；(法)弗利；(英)弗莱

fly 词态变化

fly 中文词源

来自PIE*pleu, 流动，漂浮，词源同float, fleet. 由飘动引申词义在空中浮动，飞翔，飞行等。同时，用来指小昆虫等。

fly 英文词源

fly

fly: [OE] Historically, ‘move through the air’ is something of a secondary semantic development for fly. Its distant Indo-European ancestor, *pleu-, denoted rapid motion in general, and in particular ‘flowing’ or ‘floating’, and it produced such offspring as Greek pléo ‘sail, float’ and Sanskrit plu- ‘sail, swim’, as well as English fleet, flood, flow, fowl, plover, and pluvial.

An extension to that base, *pleuk-, gave rise to Lithuanian plaukti ‘float, sail, swim’, and to prehistoric West and North Germanic *fleugan, source of German fliegen, Dutch vliegen, Swedish flyga, and English fly, all meaning ‘move with wings’. The insect-name fly is also of considerable antiquity, going back to a prehistoric Germanic derivative *fleugōn or *fleugjōn, but the origins of the adjective fly ‘crafty, sharp’ [19] are not known.
=> fleet, flood, flow, fowl, plover, pluvial

fly (n.)

Old English fleoge "a fly, winged insect," from Proto-Germanic *fleugon "flying insect" (cognates: Old Saxon fleiga, Old Norse fluga, Middle Dutch vlieghe, Dutch vlieg, Old High German flioga, German Fliege "fly"); literally "the flying (insect)" (compare Old English fleogende "flying"), from same source as fly (v.1).

Originally any winged insect (moths, gnats, beetles, locusts, hence butterfly, etc.) and long used by farmers and gardeners for any insect parasite. Flies figuratively for "large numbers" of anything is from 1590s. Plural flien (as in oxen, etc.) gradually normalized 13c.-15c. to -s. Fly in the ointment is from Eccles. x:1. Fly on the wall "unseen observer" first recorded 1881. No flies on _____ "no lack of activity or alertness on the part of," is attested by 1866. Meaning "fish-hook dressed to resemble an insect" is from 1580s; Fly-fishing is from 1650s. Fly-catcher "bird which eats insects on the wing" is from 1670s. The fly agaric mushroom (1788) so called because it was used as a poison for flies.

The sense of "a flight, flying" is from mid-15c. From the verb and the notion of "flapping as a wing does" comes the noun sense of "tent flap" (1810), which was extended to "strip of material sewn into a garment as a covering for buttons" or some other purpose (1844). Baseball fly ball attested by 1866. To do something on the fly is 1856, apparently from baseball.

When the catcher sees several fielders running to catch a ball, he should name the one he thinks surest to take it, when the others should not strive to catch the ball on the fly, but only, in case of its being missed, take it on the bound. ["The American Boys Book of Sports and Games," New York, 1864]

fly (v.1)

"to soar through air; move through the air with wings," Old English fleogan "to fly, take flight, rise into the air" (class II strong verb; past tense fleag, past participle flogen), from Proto-Germanic *fleugan "to fly" (cognates: Old Saxon fliogan, Old Frisian fliaga, Middle Dutch vlieghen, Dutch vliegen, Old High German fliogan, German fliegen, Old Norse flügja), from PIE *pleuk-, extended form of *pleu- "to flow, float" (see pluvial).

Meaning "go at full speed" is from c. 1300. In reference to flags, 1650s. Transitive sense "cause to move or float in air" (as a flag, kite, etc.) is from 1739; sense of "convey through the air" ("Fly Me to the Moon") is from 1864. Related: Flew; flied (baseball); flown; flying. Slang phrase fly off the handle "lose one's cool" dates from 1825.

fly (v.2)

"run away," Old English fleon, flion "fly from, avoid, escape;" essentially a variant spelling of flee (q.v.). In Old English, this verb and fleogan "soar through the air with wings" (modern fly (v.1)) differed only in their present tense forms and often were confused, then as now. In some Middle English dialects they seem to have merged completely. Distinguished from one another since 14c. in the past tense: flew for fly (v.1), fled for fly (v.2).

fly (adj.)

slang, "clever, alert, wide awake," by 1811, perhaps from fly (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a reinvention.

fly 词组搭配

fly 英文释义

1. two-winged insects characterized by active flight

2. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

3. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth

4. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

5. fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

fly 同义词解析

escape, flee, fly, get away, run away

这些动物或短语动词都有"逃跑，逃脱"之意。

escape： 侧重逃跑的结果，不强调逃跑时的匆忙或危险情况。

flee： 书面用词，侧重指逃跑时动作匆忙，多含惧怕之意。

fly含义与flee相同，但系非正式用词。

get away： 口语用语。侧重指犯罪分子从现场逃跑或被捕时逃走。

run away： 口语用语，强调动作迅速。

fly 双语例句

1. His inspiration to fly came even before he joined the Army.

他想开飞机的念头在参军之前就有了。

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2. Then the woodcutter let his axe fly— Thwack! Everyone heard it.

然后那个伐木工脱手甩出了斧头。哐！每个人都听见了。

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3. It was all pretty much done on the fly.

那几乎都是匆忙之中完成的。

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4. Steve Crabb can fly the flag with distinction for Britain in Barcelona.

史蒂夫·克拉布在巴塞罗那可以旗帜鲜明地支持英国。

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5. You can fly direct to Amsterdam from most British airports.

从英国的大多数机场都可以直飞阿姆斯特丹。

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fly 实用场景例句

to fly at the speed of sound

以声速飞行

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A stork flew slowly past.

一只鹳缓缓飞过。

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A wasp had flown in through the window.

一只黄蜂从窗口飞了进来。

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They were on a plane flying from London to New York.

他们在从伦敦飞往纽约的飞机上。

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A simmering row ended with her letting fly with a stream of obscenities.

激烈的争吵最后以她一连串的污言秽语而告结束。

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It was all pretty much done on the fly.

那几乎都是匆忙之中完成的。

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The blow sent the young man flying.

这一拳把那个年轻人打翻在地。

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What I'd give to be a fly on the wall when Davis finds out what's happened to his precious cargo.

我多么希望能够看到戴维斯发现他珍贵的货物出事时的样子啊。

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She flew at him for making a very anti-British remark.

她攻击他激烈的反英言论。

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Losing a game would cause him to fly into a rage.

输掉一场比赛会让他暴跳如雷。

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...a lovely girl, who would not have harmed a fly.

连一只苍蝇都不肯伤害的可爱女孩

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Ray wouldn't hurt a fly.

雷心肠很软。

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The planes flew through the clouds...

飞机穿越云层。

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The bird flew away.

鸟儿飞走了。

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He flew to Los Angeles...

他飞往洛杉矶。

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He flew back to London...

他飞回了伦敦。

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Parker had successfully flown both aircraft...

两架飞机帕克均成功驾驶过。

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He flew a small plane to Cuba...

他驾驶一架小型飞机飞往古巴。

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It may be possible to fly the women and children out on Thursday...

周四可能会将妇女和儿童空运出去。

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The relief supplies are being flown from a warehouse in Pisa.

救济物资正从比萨的一个仓库空运过来。

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His long, uncovered hair flew back in the wind...

他那露在外面的长发随风向后飞舞。

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She was running down the stairs, her hair flying.

她从楼上跑下来，长发飘动着。

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They flew the flag of the African National Congress...

他们升起非洲人国民大会的旗帜。

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A flag was flying on the new military HQ.

一面旗帜在新的军事指挥部上空飘扬着。

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She flew to their bedsides when they were ill...

在他们生病的时候她飞奔至他们身边。

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I flew downstairs...

我飞奔到楼下。

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I must fly or I'll miss my plane...

我必须赶快走了否则就会误机。

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I'll have to fly.

我得赶紧走了。

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Rumours had been flying around the workrooms all morning...

整个早上流言在各工作间传来传去。

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Rumours were flying about possible deals.

关于可能的交易的传闻在满天飞。

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